colt officers model what is it?

March 09, 2004 04:40

came into possession of a colt officers model s# 56315- adjustable front and rear sites. 7 1/2 inch barrel minor pits on one side, and some fool scratched his initials below the cylinder. can any one tell me value and date of this revolver

thanks dan

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22WRF

March 09, 2004 05:08
Are you sure it's not a Officers Mod Target?
What Cal .22, .32, 38 Spl?

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RancheroPaul

March 09, 2004 05:19
If your gun is chambered for the .22 LR cartridge, Serial Number 56315, then it was made in 1949. If there is still another digit at the end, such as 56315X, and is chambered in .38 special, it would have been made in about 1930.

The .22 LR would have a little more value than a .38 special because there were fewer of them made. There are quite a few very nice specimans of this revolver in both calibers out there. Given you have offered that yours is "pitted" on one side and someone has "defaced" it with their "initials" I would guess, (without seeing the gun), that its value is now confined to what a "shooter" would be worth. To me, this would be in the $200-$250 range, in my opinion. Hope this helps.

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Contender Man

March 09, 2004 05:22
You omitted info on caliber, cylinder rotation and markings other than s/n for which there is no ready reference in my (most?) libraries.

Barrel length basically eliminates the 1st Issue (1904-1908)

That leaves either the 2nd or 3rd issue. So unless this is a 22 cal. you will need to provide the last patent date. However if it is a 22 then you have a 3rd issue that began production in that caliber in 1930. If it's not a 22 then things hinge back on the last patent date.

Now just taking a wild guess based on s/n I'd say you have a 3rd Issue and the mfg. date range for that model is 1927-1949 (except for 22 cal. as noted above).

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dan48884

March 09, 2004 08:44
IT IS A 38 CAL CHECKERING GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE WOODEN GRIPS. HAS A SILVER COLT ON GRIPS AND A COLT STAMPED INTO THE FRAME ON LEFT SIDE TO THE BACK OF WHERE YOU OPEN THE IT UP AND THERE IS ONE MORE NUMBER THAT I DIDNT PUT ON IT JUST USED -

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dan48884

March 09, 2004 08:47
HOW DO YOU TELL IF IT IS A OFFICERS MODEL OR A TARGET ?

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22WRF

March 09, 2004 09:13
Thsi is my Colt Officers That does not have "Target" on the barrel.
The only real dif is the grips

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